ESA Annual Meetings Online Program

Celebrating the Career of Pedro Barbosa: A Passion for Insects and Plants

Tuesday, November 15, 2011: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room A11, First Floor (Reno-Sparks Convention Center)
Organizers:
Karen M. Kester
Eric W. Riddick
Raul F. Medina
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:35 PM
1088
If you build It, they will come
Deborah K. Letourneau, University of California, Santa Cruz
1:55 PM
1089
Species abundance distributions in caterpillar communities: ‘physics envy’ and ecological rules
Eric Lind, University of Minnesota
2:10 PM
1090
Toward a mechanistic understanding of interactions in phytophagous insect communities
Ian Kaplan, Purdue University
2:30 PM
1091
The push that started a domino effect of researchable topics for a weed biological control practitioner
Stephen Hight, USDA - ARS
2:45 PM
1092
The role of plants in the generation of insect diversity
Raul F. Medina, Texas A&M University
3:05 PM
1093
Of wasps, worms and plants: from local adaptation to speciation
Karen M. Kester, Virginia Commonwealth University
3:25 PM
Break
3:40 PM
1094
Trade-offs between indirect defense and pollination in wild populations of lima bean
Betty Benrey, University of Neuchâtel
4:00 PM
1095
Trophic interactions between lima bean, spider mites, and lady beetles
Eric W. Riddick, USDA - ARS
4:20 PM
1096
How plants get Tiphia wasps on the go
Ana Legrand, University of Connecticut
4:35 PM
1097
A Florida perspective on multi-trophic interactions between strawberries, spider mites and their predators
Oscar Liburd, University of Florida
4:50 PM
1098
A warm soup of plants, predators, parasitoids and whiteflies
Alvin Simmons, USDA - ARS
5:05 PM
1099
Global change and chemically mediated tritrophic interactions
Lee A. Dyer, University of Nevada
5:25 PM
Concluding Remarks
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